★★★★☆It takes quite a comedian to be able to meld jokes about public transport, Fitbits, manspreading and Marmite with classical allusions and big ideas about the way the internet encourages us into silos of mutually exclusive morality. Marcus Brigstocke is not that comedian. Yet in his latest show he has found a way of uniting his big beefs and his small tickles in one beautifully digestible package. He performs it in the guise of Satan.

This is stand-up comedy meets character comedy; Brigstocke’s version of Al Murray’s Pub Landlord, but with more make-up. He performs in a suit with a red tie and has a red face and horns on his forehead. “Yes, I’m fully committed,” he rasps, devilishly, before asking if there’s anyone in…

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